Co-Funds

Co-Funds

At Co-Ground, we realise that money matters. That’s why we’ve adopted a policy of transparency – we want people to know where every dollar is spent along the way. Certain questions are recurring, so here we answer your questions about the dollars and cents.

One hundred per cent of the profit we make supports our education and livelihood partnership programs.

As of April 9, 2016 we’ve used $7,611.89 AUD for stage 1 of our restoration of Sara Public PrimarySchool, Vanuatu and $3,386.14 AUD for stage 2 of our cyclone-proofing project.

Our next big partnership project involves the construction of a school library and classroom. This project is being developed in partnership with the school community and the Vanuatu Ministry of Education and addressing the most important local community priorities: 1. Space to teach and learn – 2. Resources to improve literacy. We are currently working toward the $70k AUD needed for this project.

Funding is also used in support of our ongoing pen pal and education programs, registrations and basic overheads. Plus, we are currently developing of our next social enterprise to sustainably fuel our partnership programs in 2016. It’s super exciting, stay tuned!

We’ve had some incredible international sponsors and donors supporting Co-Ground, but we’ve also been generating coin through social enterprise. Co-Ground creates dynamic events with profits going straight towards our education programs. We’re also getting ready to launch something BIG. Stay tuned. Our model is geared towards offering quality events and products that have a meaningful impact on the world. Think you can help out or have an idea? Get in touch! We love collaborating!

Thanks to the support of a few key organisations and a bunch of inspired and inspiring volunteers our overheads are extremely low. We’ve been offered office space and in-kind support from YMCA Victoria. We’re a volunteer powered organisation which works to make a meaningful difference in the world. When travelling overseas, volunteers fund their own trips. Because we love what we do, and we love working together.

We want people to feel empowered to support charities and social enterprises. Too often we hear people saying they’re sick of their donations being spent on overheads or advertising. We want people to know that we are squeezing everything out of every dollar we get to make sure that your hard-earned money goes straight to the cause.

Our aim is to be 100% transparent with where our money goes. We have tiny overheads because we want to make a giant difference. We are volunteer-powered, we get the best deals, we collaborate, we maintain and support our stakeholders, we work with communities in developing countries and Australia to empower them, because we believe when we work together, everyone wins.

Our 100 per cent model means 100 per cent of our profits supports our education and livelihood partnership programs. We keep overheads tiny through volunteer power, we accept discounts and donations on supplies, utilities and services. We aren’t charged tax due to our status as a registered charity. We are a volunteer-run organisation that believes in the power of working together to make a difference. Through these efforts, we have a maximum impact!

Fantastic! We want your support! There are so many ways you can do this, like us on social media, tell your friends and family, come to a gig, donate, or volunteer! Have mad skills or a huge public profile? Become a Co-Ground ambassador. There are so many ways you can show us some love.

VIDEO: Funds being exchanged to local currency in Port Vila, Vanuatu as part of our first partnership project - the repair and upgrade of Sara Primary School following Cyclone Pam in 2015.

All those Aussie donation dollars have been changed into Vanuatu Vatu. It's been a busy day in Port Vila loading a barge to ship over goods to Epi Island. Can't wait to show you more of Vanuatu! Come along for the ride!